Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Buddy Knox Swingin' Daddy ST (mono)
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Ernie* Smith Take Your Time To Behold Jah
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars I Want a Girl Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Matt Lucas* Massage Parlour Blues Matt Gets Blue
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Jack Holland You Don't Have to Love Me The Eyes of a Dreamer
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Matt Lucas* I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
The Revelaires* She Wears My Ring You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

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